[Elecraft] OT: USPS mailing

[W2xj]

I can’t speak for other countries but shipping to Canada tracks through customs and all the way to delivery. 

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> On Jan 2, 2019, at 2:03 PM, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP <k2vco.vic at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 1. In the US, USPS priority mail is great. If you are sending something outside of the country it is out of USPS' control at the foreign airport. This is where the fun begins. In Israel, our postal service adds at least 2 weeks to get a package through customs, and you don't know where it is or what's going on for most of that time. Sometimes things get lost, and sometimes there are complications with customs. UPS does it in half a day without problems, but the cost can be astronomical. I bought a big Johnson Matchbox from a guy in MN. UPS charged more than $450 to ship it.
> 
> 2. There is no good reason for Americans to not sell things to foreigners if the foreigner agrees to pay the actual shipping in advance by Paypal or bank transfer. All the risk is on the buyer. The only thing the American has to do is fill out a customs form when he sends it.
> 
> 73,
> Victor, 4X6GP
> Rehovot, Israel
> Formerly K2VCO
> CWops no. 5
> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
>> On 02/01/2019 19:40, Rose wrote:
>> I've been making Elecraft cases and covers for eleven years.  All
>> of the hundreds I've made have been sent via USPS Priority Mail.
>> To date, not a single one has gone astray … a remarkable record.
>> I live "in the country" and have no mail delivery, so all of my USPS
>> business is transacted in town at the Post Office.
>> I purchase task-specific sizes of cartons from U-Line. usually 50
>> at a time.  Cover orders are sent in padded envelopes, again
>> purchased specifically from U-Line for the task.
>> The Post Office provides a delivery date on each Priority Mail
>> receipt, and these … so far … have proved highly accurate.  Priority
>> mail will reach anywhere in the US within a maximum of three days.
>> An exception … an order to Turkey took -five- days! (:-)
>> I will -not- use any other service.  Fed-Ex is an awful organization, IMO.
>> 88 !
>> Rose - N7HKW
>> ElecraftCovers at gmail.com
>> 1-406-560-3738
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